Are there any that AREN'T messed up?

I don't blame the club for this... but if Starscream is the same way and they ship him out KNOWING he's defective... that'd be uncool.

I need to see if I can fix my Nacelle...

 

Exactly. Though it is a bit lazy if they actually didn't see these two mistakes on Nacelle (I really don't know that I believe they missed it and didn't just say screw it and pass it on to us), now that they should know, it is on them for shipping out a second defective product. They shouldn't be operating on small enough margins where something like this would destroy their whole business model....

But this is the club folks we are talking about, so who knows.

Hasbro does have a CS chat on their website for anyone who wants to bring this to their attention on the off chance that it will help us at least not get a jacked up Starscream.

 

I'm betting Starscream has already been produced and just waiting to be shipped. So if the error is on him too, there is nothing that can be done.

 

Ahh its the upper wings on starscream, I thought people were complaining about the rear wings having the same issue as nacelle!

I still dont see the club fixing this, im sure they have them all inhand and were shipped with the botcon sets this year.

 

^I am sure they have them all in hand as well. But with the backing of one of the largest toy producers in the world, who they are a licensee (or something to that affect) of, it is not impossible to run a new batch. Sure it would cause a delay, but it is pretty poor to ship customers a product that you know is defective (even if most of us well shrug it off as "well, this or nothing, I'll take this").

 

Right. That was my point, too. It's one thing to have a defective product. Shit happens. It's another to KNOWINGLY ship out a product that is defective. At least give people a choice as to whether they still want it and refund those that don't. A lot of people, like myself, would still take something over nothing. It's not cost efficient by any means to make another run.

 

^to some extent I agree, however this is a pretty small run compared to a retail item at a much higher price. Unlike a retail product that gets distributed and scattered across Target, TRU, KMart, BBTS, Walmart, etc, etc, in the case of Starscream, this is a product that is still sitting in the hands of the middleman in one big lump. Much easier to track them down when they are all sitting in a warehouse, or Brian/Pete's basement.

Acknowledgement would be a first step from the club, but we all know their pace and song and dance.

 

I'm thinking of getting this guy, the coneheads, and the three screamer repaints, and Acid Storm.

 

Figures. My Nacelle actually arrived 6 days ago, but my apartment complex didn't notify me.  

I'd mention that the wings and hinges are misassembled on mine as well, but it's not as if that would surprise anyone at this point.  

 

So what's the defect that everyone is speaking of?

 

Don't forget all of the glorious CHMS repaints like the purple clones and Sunstorm! And the Botcon stuff like AM Thundercracker and the Rainmakers! Oh, and the TFCC G2 Ramjet!

 

Well, I tried to fix the wings and fins with no luck. I'm too afraid to break it..

 

THe club still hasn't got back to me about my missing chest fan. Just start sending everyone who's complaining about the misassembly a form letter, I actually have a solvable issue damnit T.T

 

So my Nacelle turned up today. Both wings rattling in the box.

Have the equipment ready to do the wing joint fix, but I'm not sure about the tailfin one now. It's not as annoying in person as it looks in the pictures.

For those that have done the wing fix, do the pins come out easily and go back in easily without causing any stress to the plastic?

 

You don't even need to mess with the pin at all. Once you remove the screws and separate the two halves (carefully) the pin will stay in one half and the foot. I have pics earlier in the thread.

 

Thank you for replying, but I'm meaning the VTOL wing joint.

 

they come out relatively easily. You might have to tap them back in a bit to get them tight as they were, but doesn't seem to cause any stress marks.

 

Sorry about that, I guess I got confused when you mentioned the tailfin in the previous sentence and thought you were still talking about that wing.

Yep, this ^

 

For the main wing fix... instead of missing with the pins, anybody just try shaving down the 'squared' edge of that connector piece to let the wing fold as it should?